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White cauliflower is a vegetable plant families Brassicaceae (cabbage type with small white flowers) in the form of soft trunked plants. Society in Indonesia as a flower called the cabbage or cauliflower cauliflower (derived from the Dutch Bloemkool). These plants come from subtropical in the European Mediterranean region. Cabbage white flowers with a compact mass of flowers as the current found developed in 1866 by experts Mc.Mohan seeds from America. Allegedly cabbage flowers into Indonesia from India in the nineteenth century.

Although this crop is upland crops and regions with tropics higher latitudes, some cultivars can be formed flowers in the lowlands around equator.
Highland areas (mountain) is the center of cabbage cultivation of flowers. Crop production center is located in West Java which is in Lembang, Cisarua, Bogor. But this time began to be planted cabbage in flower centers of other vegetables such as Bukit Tinggi (West Sumatra), PANGALENGAN, Maja and Garut (West Java), Kopeng (Central Java) and Bedugul (Bali).

Plant Type
Botanical classification cabbage plants flowers are as follows:
a) Division: Spermatophyta
b) Sub Division: Angiospermae
c) Class: Dicotyledonae
d) Family: Cruciferae
e) Genus: Brassica
f) Species: Brassica oleracea var. botrytis L.
g) Sub var: cauliflora DC

Brassica oleracea variety botrytis consists of 2 subvaritas cauliflora DC. which we know as the cabbage white flowers and cymosa Lamn. flowering green and famous as broccoli. Determination of cultivars based on size, mass congestion and color of flowers.

Local cultivars are cultivars are widely planted Cirateun in Lembang, while the introduction of cultivars are cultivars Early Farmers No. 2 (age 63 days of harvest) and the Fengshan Extra Early (age 59 days of harvest) from Taiwan for low to medium terrain, Snown Crown from Japan to the plains middle and high plains and Tropical Early Japanese origin for the lowlands.

Although usually only the mass of flowers which is used as a vegetable that contains complete enough minerals, plant leaves are edible and tastes sweet with no bitter taste.